John Flack, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.H.A., chair of the Department of Internal Medicine, has announced the appointment of Joseph P. Uberti, M.D., Ph.D., as division chief for Hematology-Oncology in the Department of Medicine at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Dr. Flack said Dr. Uberti’s appointment culminates an exhaustive national search.

A professor of Medicine since 2004, Dr. Uberti heads the Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Program and co-directs the Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute.

Dr. Uberti attended Wayne State University as an undergraduate, securing a bachelor’s degree in biology and a doctorate in biochemistry. He graduated the Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1983. He served as chief medical resident at Detroit Receiving Hospital from 1986-87. Dr. Uberti completed his fellowship in Hematology-Oncology at Wayne State University/DMC from 1987 to 1989. Since completion of his training he has, at different times, been on the faculty of both Wayne State University and the University of Michigan.

“I have the utmost confidence that Dr. Uberti will do an exemplary job as chief of the Division of Hematology-Oncology,” said Dr. Flack. “He understands the Department of Medicine and the Cancer Center, as well as the crucial interface between these two entities.”

Dr. Flack said that Dr. Uberti, in addition to maintaining a deep loyalty to the School of Medicine, is highly respected both within the Division of Hematology-Oncology as well as throughout the Department of Medicine, the medical center and the medical community. “I have long admired and respected Dr. Uberti for his honesty, integrity and clinical excellence. I feel very fortunate that the combined efforts of the Wayne State University School of Medicine, the Department of Medicine and the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute culminated in landing Dr. Uberti to lead the Division of Hematology, the largest division within the Department of Medicine.”

John Ruckdeschel, M.D., president and CEO of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, said, "Joe Uberti will make an outstanding division head. He understands the delivery of high quality care and its constant interface with research and education. He has helped lead one of the premier bone marrow transplant programs in the country and we look forward to his role in the cancer center as chief of the Hematology-Oncology Service."